  Samvel Karapetyan placed 394th on Bloomberg’s 500 richest people list March 6, 2017 - 18:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A Russia-based businessman of Armenian origin Samvel Karapetyan, the founder and president of Tashir group of companies, was included in Bloomberg’s list of world’s 500 richest people. Samvel Karapetyan is ranked 394th with his fortune estimated at $4.36 billion. In 2016, Forbes named him the 28th richest businessman in Russia and the 549th richest person in the world. Bloomberg’s list was led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates with a fortune of $85.6 billion, followed by investor Warren Buffett with $78.9 billion and telecom magnate Carlos Slim with a fortune of $53 billion. The rating includes eight Russians.   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
